Adam Cohen, Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Adam Cohen holds a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from the Duke University School of Law. Prior to joining OMRF in 2002, he worked as a litigator for the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York, a law clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Henry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and a staff attorney for the University of Oklahoma. As a freelance writer, his articles have appeared in more than a dozen publications, including The American Lawyer, Men’s Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. He continues to serve as a contributing editor for Runner’s World, and with OMRF President Stephen Prescott, he writes “Body Work,” a monthly health and fitness column for The Oklahoman. Since he came to OMRF, the foundation’s Department of Public Affairs has earned more than 20 top prizes in journalism and public relations competitions, and Cohen has been recognized as an “Achiever under 40” by The Journal Record newspaper and as a member of the OKC Business “Forty under 40.” A graduate of Leadership Oklahoma Class XXII and legal counsel to the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, he has also served on the board of the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists and currently serves as a director of the Norman Public School Foundation and the Norman Community Foundation.